Re: No G or K in... was Re: Debian parody
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:24:58 +1200 (NZST), criggie@criggie.dyndns.org said:
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 09:59:50PM +0100, Mike Whitaker said:
>>> >>There are no Gs in any OS name that I can think of right now...
>>> >Gnoppix ;)
>>>
>>> Gentoo.
>> I'd confirm that, but it hasn't finished compiling the name yet.
> Heh.
> MandraKe Gentoo Gnoppix etc are all distros of linux.
Well, Debian calls itself "The Universal Operating System". So why
can't other distros be considered operating systems too?
> The nearest OS name that has a G in it is "gnu/linux" and thats not
> exactly the established name.
Well, there's always GNU Hurd.
And DOS is short for Disk Operating System.
> I say it again - there is no Operating System with a G or a K in the
> name. Prove me wrong.
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